Bradley D. Stein

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Senior Natural Scientist
Pittsburgh Office

Education

Ph.D., Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.H. and M.D., University of Pittsburgh; B.A., Georgetown University

Overview

Biography

Bradley D. Stein is a senior natural scientist at the RAND Corporation and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. He currently serves as senior director of research, evaluation, and outcomes at the nonprofit Community Care Behavioral Health Organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A health services researcher and clinician experienced in working with individuals with substance use disorders, Stein's research activities focus on better understanding and seeking to improve the quality of care provided to individuals with mental health and substance use disorders being treated in community settings. Stein has used administrative data to examine how the financing and management of behavioral health services affect access to and quality of substance abuse treatment services provided among the privately insured. He has also examined the behavioral health care of publicly insured individuals, and those factors that affect their utilization and quality of care. In addition, Stein has extensive experience in working with schools to improve the services for and functioning of children with emotional and behavioral problems, including emotionally disabled children. Stein's research has been published in dozens of peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Public Health, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Health Services Research, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatric Services. Stein received his M.D. and M.P.H. from the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Assisting children exposed to traumatic events and improving the quality of mental health services being delivered to children in schools
  • Improving quality of care with a managed behavioral health system

Selected Publications

B. D. Stein et al., "Outpatient Mental Health Utilization Among Commercially Insured Individuals: In- and Out-of-Network Care," Medical Care, 45(2), 2007

B. D. Stein et al., "General Medical Costs of Recipients of Behavioral Health Care," Psychiatric Services, 57(5), 2006

B. D. Stein et al., "The Emotional and Behavioral Impact of Terrorism on Children: Results from a National Survey," Applied Developmental Science, 8(4), 2004

B. D. Stein et al., "A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial," Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(5), 2003

B. D. Stein et al., "A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Nonadherence with Prophylactic Antibiotics During the Anthrax Attacks and the Role of Private Physicians," Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Associated Press; Detroit Free Press; Los Angeles Times; Mental Health Weekly Digest; Pittsburgh Business Times; Reuters Health; Santa Monica Mirror; WNBC.com

Publications

Concurrent Mental Health Therapy Among Medicaid-enrolled Youth Starting Antipsychotic Medications - 2012

Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Patterns of Evolving Care During the First Treatment Episode - 2012

Going to Scale: Experiences Implementing a School-Based Trauma Intervention - 2011

Helping Children Cope with Violence and Trauma: A School-Based Program That Works - 2011

The impact of buprenorphine on treatment of opioid dependence in a medicaid population: Recent service utilization trends in the use of buprenorphine and methadone - 2011

Evidence-Based Mental Health Programs in Schools: Barriers and Facilitators of Successful Implementation - 2010

Predictors of Adequate Depression Treatment Among Medicaid-enrolled Adults - 2010

School Personnel Perspectives on Their School's Implementation of a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program - 2010

The Teen Depression Awareness Project: Building an Evidence Base for Improving Teen Depression Care - 2010

Impact of Teen Depression on Academic, Social, and Physical Functioning - 2009

Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools: a Community-Partnered Approach - 2009

Making It Easier for School Staff to Help Traumatized Students - 2009

Perceived Barriers to Treatment for Adolescent Depression - 2009

Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: A Pilot Study - 2009

Violence Exposure and PTSD: The Role of English Language Fluency in Latino Youth - 2009

Out of the Ivory Tower, Into the Real World: Examples of Street-Smart Community Health Research - 2008

Providing Evidence-Based Practice to Ethnically Diverse Youths: Examples from the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Program - 2008

School-based Disaster Mental Health Services: Clinical, Policy, and Community Challenges - 2008

School-based Treatment for Children and Adolescents - 2008

Active Parental Consent for a School-Based Community Violence Screening: Comparing Distribution Methods - 2007

How Schools Responded to Student Mental Health Needs Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - 2007

Outpatient Mental Health Utilization Among Commercially Insured Individuals: in- and out-of-network care - 2007

Predictors of Timely Follow-Up Care Among Medicaid-enrolled Adults After Psychiatric Hospitalization - 2007

Schools' Mental Health Responses After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - 2007

Who Gets Care? Mental Health Service Use Following a School-Based Suicide Prevention Program - 2007

Building and Translating Evidence Into Smart Policy: Continuing Research Needs for Informing Post-War Mental Health Policy - 2006

General Medical Costs of Recipients of Behavioral Health Care - 2006

How Schools Can Help Children Recover from Traumatic Experiences - 2006

How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery - 2006

Understanding and Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism - 2006

In Their Own Words: Lessons Learned from Those Exposed to Anthrax - 2005

Responding to the Needs of the Community: A Stepped-Care Approach to Implementing Trauma-Focused Interventions in Schools - 2005

Terrorism's Psychologic Effects and Their Implications for Primary Care Policy, Research, and Education - 2005

A Bitter Pill to Swallow: Nonadherence with Prophylactic Antibiotics During the Anthrax Attacks and the Role of Private Physicians - 2004

A National Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Consequences of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Reactions, Impairment, and Help-Seeking - 2004

Acceptability of Asking Parents About Their Children's Traumatic Symptoms - 2004

Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of Bioterrorism: Planning a Public Health Response - 2004

Role of Doctors Critical in Effective Public Health - 2004

The Emotional and Behavioral Impact of Terrorism on Children: Results from a National Survey - 2004

Will Public Health's Response to Terrorism Be Fair? - 2004

Will Public Health's Response to Terrorism Be Fair? Racial/ethnic Variations in Perceived Fairness During a Bioterrorist Event - 2004

A Mental Health Intervention for Schoolchildren Exposed to Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial - 2003

A School-Based Mental Health Program for Traumatized Latino Immigrant Children - 2003

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Among Privately Insured Patients: Rate of Specialty Substance Abuse Treatment and Association with Cost-Sharing - 2003

Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services Among Privately Insured Individuals in Managed Behavioral Health Care - 2003

Growing Up: Emotional Reactions to Violence - 2003

Impact of Injury on Posttraumatic Stress in Survivors Seeking Counseling After the 1995 Bombing in Oklahoma City - 2003

Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Exposure to Community Violence - 2003

Suicide Prevention in Schools: Are We Reaching Minority Youths? - 2003

The Mental Health for Immigrants Programs: Program Design and Participatory Research in the Real World - 2003

The Role of Schools in Meeting Community Needs During Bioterrorism - 2003

Understanding and Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Bioterrorism: Executive Summary - 2003

After 9-11: Stress and Coping Across America - 2002

After 9/11: Stress and Coping Across America - 2002

RAND Review: Vol. 26, No. 2, Summer 2002 - 2002

Reactions to the Events of September 11 - 2002

Theoretical Basis and Program Design of a School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Traumatized Immigrant Children: A Collaborate Research Partnership - 2002

Violence Exposure, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Depressive Symptoms Among Recent Immigrant Schoolchildren - 2002

A National Survey of Stress Reactions After the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks - 2001

ADHD Treatment in a Behavioral Health Care Carve-Out: Medications, Providers, and Service Utilization - 2001

Alcoholism Treatment in Managed Private Sector Plans How Are Carve-Out Arrangements Affecting Costs and Utilization? - 2001

Assessment of Child Crime Victims - 2001

Mental Health Care for Youth: Who Gets It? How Much Does It Cost? Who Pays? Where Does the Money Go? - 2001

Psychotropic Medication Costs Among Youth with Private Insurance in 1998 - 2001

Violence Exposure Among School-Age Children in Foster Care: Relationship to Distress Symptoms - 2001

The Effect of Copayments on Drug and Alcohol Treatment Following Inpatient Detoxification Under Managed Care - 2000

How Can We Prevent Emotional Disturbances in Youth Exposed to Violence in Schools? - 1999

Prospective Study of Displaced Children's Symptoms in Wartime Bosnia - 1999

Substance Abuse Service Utilization under Managed Care: HMOs versus Carve-Out Plans - 1999